Wally Bunker
[edit] Biography
Born on January 25, 1945 in Seattle, Washington, Wally Bunker (Wallace Edward Bunker) played for the Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 9 year career. Bunker broke into the bigs on September 29, 1963 with the Baltimore Orioles, and put up a 2.69 ERA in 214 innings pitched in 1964, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Wally Bunker's best season was 1964, when he posted a 2.69 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 96 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1963
| BAL
| A
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 13.50
| 1
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 10
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| BAL
| A
| 29
| 29
| 19
| 5
| 2.69
| 96
| 72
| 64
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 214
| 161
| 17
| 62
| 5
| 3
| 3
|
| 1965
| BAL
| A
| 34
| 27
| 10
| 8
| 3.38
| 84
| 79
| 71
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 189
| 170
| 16
| 58
| 2
| 2
| 4
|
| 1966
| BAL
| A
| 29
| 24
| 10
| 6
| 4.29
| 89
| 74
| 68
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 142.2
| 151
| 16
| 48
| 2
| 0
| 2
|
| 1967
| BAL
| A
| 29
| 9
| 3
| 7
| 4.09
| 51
| 46
| 40
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 88
| 83
| 7
| 31
| 1
| 5
| 2
|
| 1968
| BAL
| A
| 18
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 2.41
| 44
| 25
| 19
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 71
| 59
| 4
| 14
| 1
| 2
| 1
|
| 1969
| KC
| A
| 35
| 31
| 12
| 11
| 3.23
| 130
| 89
| 80
| 10
| 1
| 2
| 222.2
| 198
| 29
| 62
| 3
| 6
| 4
|
| 1970
| KC
| A
| 24
| 15
| 2
| 11
| 4.22
| 59
| 63
| 57
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 121.2
| 109
| 16
| 50
| 2
| 5
| 0
|
| 1971
| KC
| A
| 7
| 6
| 2
| 3
| 5.01
| 15
| 19
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 32.1
| 35
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 206
| 152
| 60
| 52
| 3.51
| 569
| 473
| 423
| 34
| 5
| 5
| 1085.1
| 976
| 113
| 334
| 16
| 23
| 16
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1963
| BAL
| A
| P
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1964
| BAL
| A
| P
| 29
| 29
| 214
| 20
| 34
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 3
| 0
| .982
|
| 1965
| BAL
| A
| P
| 34
| 27
| 189
| 8
| 32
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 7
| 0
| .976
|
| 1966
| BAL
| A
| P
| 29
| 24
| 142.2
| 8
| 19
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 3
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1967
| BAL
| A
| P
| 29
| 9
| 88
| 4
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 4
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1968
| BAL
| A
| P
| 18
| 10
| 71
| 5
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1969
| KC
| A
| P
| 35
| 31
| 222.2
| 19
| 43
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 14
| 9
| 6
| .969
|
| 1970
| KC
| A
| P
| 24
| 15
| 121.2
| 5
| 17
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 13
| 2
| 4
| .880
|
| 1971
| KC
| A
| P
| 7
| 6
| 32.1
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 206
| 152
| 1085.1
| 70
| 179
| 8
| 13
| 0
| 12
| 58
| 28
| 12
| .969
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1963
| BAL
| A
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .500
| .500
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| BAL
| A
| 29
| 72
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .069
| .183
| .097
| 2
| 0
| 10
| 32
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1965
| BAL
| A
| 34
| 55
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 5
| .073
| .177
| .073
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 27
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| BAL
| A
| 30
| 48
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .104
| .173
| .167
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 22
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1967
| BAL
| A
| 29
| 26
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .077
| .077
| .077
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| BAL
| A
| 18
| 18
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .111
| .200
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| KC
| A
| 35
| 70
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 7
| .143
| .200
| .186
| 3
| 0
| 5
| 23
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1970
| KC
| A
| 24
| 31
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .065
| .237
| .065
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| KC
| A
| 7
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .100
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 207
| 331
| 20
| 31
| 0
| 17
| .094
| .183
| .118
| 8
| 0
| 36
| 145
| 0
| 19
| 1
| 0
| 4
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Baltimore Orioles (1963).
- Selected by Kansas City Royals from Baltimore Orioles (25th pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 15, 1968).
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